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A California startup has designed window blinds with solar panels that can block out sunlight while harvesting the solar energy.
SolarGaps, based in Los Angeles, has designed each slat in the blinds with monocrystalline solar panels in order to harvest solar energy. The blinds can track the sun path and automatically change the angle of the slats in order to optimize the its absorption of sunlight.
The solar blinds are reportedly able to generate up to 100 watt-hours of energy for every square meter when mounted on the outside of a window, or half of that amount when mounted inside.
Users can manually control the blinds and monitor energy-saving information via an app.
SolarGaps hopes to raise $50,000 from Kickstarter in order to mass-produce the solar window blinds.
RUNDOWN SHOWS:
1. Each slat in the blinds is equipped with solar panels
2. The blinds change the angle of slats in relation to the sun path automatically
3. Blinds mounted outside the house can generate more energy than those mounted inside the house
4. A man controls the blinds via his phone
VOICEOVER (in English):
“Each slat in solar window blinds is equipped with monocrystalline solar panels, which can harvest solar energy.”
“The blinds can also track the path of the sun’s position and automatically change the angle of the slats to optimize its absorption of sunlight.”
“The company claims the blinds are able to generate up to 100 watt-hours of energy for every square meter when mounted on the outside of a window, or half that amount when mounted inside.”
“Although the slats can automatically change their angles, the blinds can also be manually controlled via an app.”
SOURCES: New Atlas, Kickstarter, SolarGaps
http://newatlas.com/solargaps-solar-window-blinds/49488/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1170840477/solargaps-smart-solar-blinds/description
https://solargaps.com/
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Post time: Jun-20-2017